Let's go:
| Keegan Brown | Leg | Michael van Gerwen |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
Surprisingly close for a #1 seed game, but Keegan was able to stop a possible steamrolling and hold his throw to keep it close until near the end game, before van Gerwen grabbed the critical second break to end the match.
| Jason Lowe | Leg | Steve Lennon |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
We'll have a UK Open rematch in round 2, at the same stage as in that event - Lennon was able to get a couple of breaks, but was never able to get the break ahead, and Jason was able to push to a comfortable enough win.
| Rowby John Rodriguez | Leg | Jonny Clayton |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 10 |
One way traffic in this next one with the most emphatic win to date, Clayton able to break the Rodriguez throw more often than Rowby held it, securing a double break in leg seven which he never let go of to cruise into round two.
| Michael Smith | Leg | Stephen Bunting |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 9 |
The first real close game, although it wasn't looking that way initially, as Smith had the throw for a 5-0 first session win, but Bunting would win seven of the next eight legs to grab a 7-5 lead, but Bully Boy would get the critical break back to level at 7-7 then held out to get to a deciding leg and hold for the match.
| Jim Williams | Leg | Krzysztof Ratajski |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 10 |
A first leg break would prove to be enough for the Polish number one as the challenge of non-card holder Jim Williams would end at the first hurdle - Jim would never be able to get things back on throw for more than one leg as future breaks were traded, and one final break would clinch the win for Ratajski.
| Danny Noppert | Leg | Joe Cullen |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 |
The first seeding upset, and it's a pretty one sided game - Cullen couldn't get out of the traps at all as Noppie raced to a sweep in the opening session. Joe would be able to hold his throw consistently in sessions two and three but couldn't threaten the Noppert throw, and one final break would seal the deal for the former Lakeside finalist.
| Gary Anderson | Leg | Madars Razma |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
This was more comfortable than it looked for the Flying Scotsman, as Latvia's number one was able to nick a break going into the first TV break, but Anderson repaid the favour at the end of the second session to level at 5-5, the second leg of a seven leg spurt from the twice champion that put him into round two.
| Kim Huybrechts | Leg | Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
To close this post, we get another seeding upset, as TA Pro Tour finalist van Duijvenbode was never able to get a real foothold in a swingy game, with each taking three legs in a row, and when Dirk finally got things back on throw at 6-7, Kim was able to break straight back to restore the two leg cushion and hold out from there.
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